Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 42.7.
  • Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekNVIDIA
Noometry Index42.335.9
Released2025-01-202024-06-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding14271209
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14161202
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math14001216
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert13941171
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14121206
LMArena Chinese14421214
LMArena French14171197
LMArena German14041192
LMArena Japanese13911128
LMArena Korean13601148
LMArena Russian14231219
LMArena Spanish14111195

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13821203
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13911225
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text14281225
LMArena Creative Writing14051203
LMArena Multi-Turn14051214
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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